[Talk-ca] [OpenStreetMap] geobase:acrosscanadatrails sent you a new message

[Sam Vekemans]

What u have is great!
It was only a few nodes with no source tags, which is why i wondered.

You might want to create a wiki page for it, and a chart indicating
all the tags your using.
It looks like the tag format is right, but because its a bulk import,
it needs to be added to the 'potential data sources' list.
-and also have time for community feedback.

Let me know when u have vancouver island/ bc loaded, will be great to see. :)
Cheers,
Sam

On 6/16/09, Daniel Patterson <dan at trafx.net> wrote:
> Hi Sam,
>
>   I have to admit, I probably haven't been a good netzien as I could have
> been with this import.  I haven't sent any messages to talk-ca (I didn't
> realise it existed until you mentioned it, I've joined the list now).
>
>   First, a bit of background.  I work for TRAFx Research, a small
> electronics company in Canmore, AB.  We make trail and vehicle counters
> that
> are primarily used by parks services of various sorts (Parks Canada is one
> of our largest customers).
>
>   We have a web-based data analysis tool that we use OSM to map out counter
> locations with.  Given that most of our customers are located in
> parks/recreational areas, we would like to see nice data on the maps in
> regions where our customers are located.  A bit of research revealed the
> Atlas of Canada data for national protected areas on GeoGratis, so we
> thought we'd go ahead and do the work of importing it as a start.
>
>   I'm fairly new to much of OSM stuff, so any hints as to how to better get
> along with everyone would be appreciated.
>
>   For the imports I've done so far (although I'm not sure if I've got them
> totally correct), I've tried to keep as much meta-data intact as possible
> from the SHP files that GeoGratis supplies.  Here's a sample of the tags
> I've attached to one of the parks near us in AB:
>
> <tag k='geogratis:UID_V6' v='1960' />
> <tag k='geogratis:CCAD_NUMBE' v='7882.00000000000' />
> <tag k='geogratis:TYPE' v='PA' />
> <tag k='geogratis:NAME_EN' v='Ghost River Wilderness Area' />
> <tag k='geogratis:NOM_FR' v='Ghost River Wilderness Area' />
> <tag k='geogratis:PROV_EN' v='Alberta' />
> <tag k='geogratis:PROV_FR' v='Alberta' />
> <tag k='geogratis:CGNS_FID' v='0c8a08f9849c20c3fb07157266c9117f' />
> <tag k='landuse' v='conservation' />
> <tag k='leisure' v='nature_reserve' />
> <tag k='name' v='Ghost River Wilderness Area' />
> <tag k='ownership' v='provincial' />
> <tag k='source' v='geogratis' />
> <tag k='area' v='yes' />
> <tag k='source:name' v='Atlas of Canada 1,000,000 National Frameworks Data,
> Protected Areas' />
> <tag k='created_by' v='polyshp2osm' />
> <tag k='source_ref' v='http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca' />
>
> daniel
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>
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 12:16 AM, <webmaster at openstreetmap.org> wrote:
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>> Hi Daniel Patterson,
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>> geobase:acrosscanadatrails has sent you a message through OpenStreetMap
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>> ==
>> Hi there,
>> I'm wondering what other tags you used for this import?
>> I was hoping that more tags would be used, as the database shows more
>> detail.
>>
>> Is this import listed in the bulk import chart?
>>
>> Please let me know you progress before federal parks start landing on my
>> head :)
>>
>> Although i dont think it interfers with any of the CanVec data, for
>> example. Pacific Rim National Park, the label already gets shown, but not
>> the park boundaries.
>>
>> Unfortunatly, i don't get the talk-ca messages as they get sent, for some
>> reason i only get the digest, so you might have already messaged the list
>> about this. :)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Sam Vekemans
>> Across Canada Trails
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